THE ART OF BREATHING Lyrics

We are the deathbed coma.
Abandoned, discarded the lives we had.
All I see is but a dream within a dream.
Sleepwalking someone else's footsteps.
This is the epitaph to my predecessor

Over mountains, under oceans, heaven's breath won't escape us.
Autumn's wind will clear the branches.
It's time for change. Can you feel it?

I must be dreaming 'cause I've been feeling so alone.
I must be dreaming.
I've been gone for far too long.
Lord bring me back home.

I'm not giving up.
We're not giving up no matter what they say.

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING!

NO TURNING BACK NOW

I keep it inside, the lies they spill.
The ocean of ghosts; I won't let you haunt me.
With every thought illuminated, the world will see we're not invisible.

I swear, I swear I'm not invisible.
Coast to coast the search continues God take me home.
Light the way.
Reveal the truth.
Please calms these waters.
Coast to coast the search continues..
I know You're the way!

I must be dreaming 'cause I've been feeling so alone.
I must be dreaming.
I've been gone for far too long.
Lord bring me back home.

(Don't give up. Just wake up.)

I must be dreaming 'cause I've been feeling so alone.
I must be dreaming.
I've been gone for far too long.
Lord bring me back home.

Free from a coma state,
Awakening to an unfamiliar destination,
Breathing in a new beginning.

In 1965 Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war but it wasn'tIt was different in many ways, as so were tose that did the fightingIn World War II the average age of the combat soldier was 26In Vietnam he was 19In-in-in Vietnam he was 19

The shooting and fighting of the past two weeks continued today25 miles west of SaigonI really wasn't sure what was going on

Hundreds of thousands of men who saw heavy combatIn Vietnam were arrested since dischargeTheir arrest rate is almost twice that of non-veterans of the same ageThere are no accurate figures of how many of these menHave been incarcerated

But a Veterans Administration studyConcludes that the greater of vetsExposure to combat could more likely affect his chancesOf being arrested or convicted

This is one legacy of the Vietnam War

All those who remember the warThey won't forget what they've seenDestruction of men in their primeWhose average was 19

De-de-destructionDe-de-destructionWar, war

De-de-destruction, wa, wa, war, wa, war, warDe-de-destructionWar, war

After World War II the men came home together on troop shipsBut the Vietnam vet often arrived home within 48 hours of jungle combatPerhaps the most dramatic difference betweenWorld War II and Vietnam was coming homeNone of them received a hero's welcome

None of them received a heroes welcome, none of them, none of themNe-ne-ne, ne-ne-ne, none of them, none of them, none of themNone of them received a hero's welcomeNone of them received a hero's welcome

According to a Veteran's Administration studyHalf of the Vietnam combat veterans suffered from whatPsychiatrists callPost-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder

Many vets complain of alienation, rage or guiltSome succumb to suicidal thoughtsEight to ten years after coming homeAlmost eight hundred thousand men are still fighting the Vietnam War

I've done everything I canAll the people that I see I will never understandIf I find a way to change, if I step into the lightThen I'll never be the same, and it all will fade to whiteEver on and on I continue circlingWith nothing but my hate in a carousel of agony

I've done everything I canAll the people that I see I will never understandIf I find a way to change, if I step into the lightThen I'll never be the same, and it all will fade to whiteEver on and on I continue circlingWith nothing but my hate in a carousel of agony